$400-500 Console Streaming Build **First time build**

TheTheory

Honorable
Jul 29, 2013
102
0
10,680
Approximate Purchase Date: Within a week

Budget Range: 400-500

System Usage from Most to Least Important: Streaming & Internet use only. No gaming.

Are you buying a monitor: No

Additional Comments: I have limited logic with building PCs and only need this for streaming and internet purposes.
Could also be a laptop if cheaper.

And Most Importantly, Why Are You Upgrading: My current Desktop can not handle streaming at 720p, not even 480 without lagging and skipping frames.
 
Solution
This will be really awesome for streaming with the budget that you got, and you'll be able to upgrade it to a gaming machine eventually if you choose to do so, by changing the power supply and buying a GPU.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1s7Lf
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1s7Lf/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1s7Lf/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Pro3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($84.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Silverstone Redline Series...
This will be really awesome for streaming with the budget that you got, and you'll be able to upgrade it to a gaming machine eventually if you choose to do so, by changing the power supply and buying a GPU.

PCPartPicker part list: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1s7Lf
Price breakdown by merchant: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1s7Lf/by_merchant/
Benchmarks: http://pcpartpicker.com/p/1s7Lf/benchmarks/

CPU: Intel Core i5-4670K 3.4GHz Quad-Core Processor ($199.99 @ Microcenter)
Motherboard: ASRock Z87 Pro3 ATX LGA1150 Motherboard ($84.99 @ Microcenter)
Memory: Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2 x 4GB) DDR3-1600 Memory ($56.99 @ Newegg)
Storage: Seagate Barracuda 1TB 3.5" 7200RPM Internal Hard Drive ($59.99 @ NCIX US)
Case: Silverstone Redline Series RL04B ATX Mid Tower Case ($32.99 @ NCIX US)
Power Supply: Antec Basiq 350W ATX12V Power Supply ($29.25 @ Outlet PC)
Total: $464.20
(Prices include shipping, taxes, and discounts when available.)
(Generated by PCPartPicker 2013-08-15 00:21 EDT-0400)
 
Solution